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- 4 _ ... . ...\. . ~ ~...- . s . , L • i verra. i .. f ., , i ', 4'- . ~,,, ~ ir • ~ ~ , r . 4 .. • t ' f ' -' ~1:4‘)09,1." ~? ..1V .'41t:41411k ~-''' W.V7 . iii " • - -• .. p ' ' ':. ..• , ;.,.: — jk•,,. ' :i.i. ''.. N -. A, .. ~___... , . 4 0i At ye . t k, ... b. .., .. • ~...,„.,, ir. . - - -, tr --4-4 ~. .\-,-- ~ ,,,, e , tity i f -. 4.-, • • , 4. 0 ,..,,, 111 1 -,y, , --P' DROIT. • ,• : ~~ N°. 22,335. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1864. PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. jU URNI I'URE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First• class goods at second-class prises. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select rom, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and C. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, ilhstrated by4lo admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attKiied. A copy sent gi atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing . on the following revised talc WHERE CAN WE MEET AF I'ER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen eup at E VANS', Covent-garden. Naval and Military Intelligence. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. KINAHAN'S LL BR W AN H D I Y SKY V. COGNAC, This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i- , Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 35. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at THE NAVY. By the mail steamship Cambrian, which arrived at Ply mouth on Sunday, we learn that her Majesti's screw steam frigate Narcissus, 39, Capt. Joseph G. Bickford, flag of Rear- Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, K.O 8., with the receiving ship Seringapatam, Capt. Jas. 11. Cockburn, the screw steam sloop Ariel, 9, Commander Wm. C. Chapman, and the cor vette Scylla, 21, Capt. Richard W. Conrteray, were in Simon's Bay on Dec. 21. The Ariel left:the Mozambique Channel on Sept, 12. The paddlewheel team frigate Va lorous, 16, Capt. Charles C. Forsyth, frog Simon's Bay, arrived on Nov. 30 at Port Natal, and on Dec. 4 was pre paring to sail for the Mozatubique Channel. The screw steam sloop Zebra, 17, Commander Charles G. Lindsay, which had been at St. Helena, arrived at Ascension on Dec. 17, and, having refitted, left Jan. 2 for the West Coast of Africa. The iron steamship Wye, Commander V. G. Roberts, left Ascension on Dec. 2, for the West Coast, and was followed on the 17th by the screw steam gunvessel Philomel, 5, Commander L. Wildman. The paddlewheel steam sloop Gorgon, 6, Commander J. C. Wilson, from the Cape of Good Hope, arrived at Ascension on Dec. 24, and left on the 26th for England. The French ship of war Sarthe, from Cherbourg on Oct. 21, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on Dec. 8, and left on the 18th for Saigon. Le Sais, 8 guns, left Simon's Bay on Nov. 8 for Bourbon. The American ship of war Mohican, 6, from Rio Janeiro, on Sept. 16, left Cape Town on Dec. 19, and arrived at St. Helena on the 29th. LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN. The directors state in their report that the rent of the railway for the six months (L 13,000) had been received from the Irish North 'Western Company by weekly pay meets, less income tax. The transfer fees for the six mouths have amounted to LI 2s Gd, the interest received on deposit to £B7 12s 2d. These, added to the balance brought forward from the last account, of £214 19s 4d, give the gross total of £13,306 Hs to the 31st Dec. last. From this amount the cost of conveyances and land, office expenses, and the inte rest on loans from Government and on debentures, amount ing together to £1,549 12i, have been charged, leaving a disposable balance of £8,757 2s towards the payment of dividends and arrears. The directors recommend that the dividends, at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum to the 30th June, be declared and paid on the 12th February next, on the £3,062 10s stock B, described in the Act 1856 and 245 half shares; also the dividends, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, on the £31,850 stuck A ; also the dividends, at the rate of 5 per cent., together with 1 per cent. on account of arrears, making 6 per cent. per annum on £247,737 108 stock B, leaving a balance of £293 for the next account. The expenditure on capital account to the 31st December was £707,795. The total arrears of dividends on the B and C stocks, after those payments, will amount to £60,803. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. 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The reader seems to live and move among the characters of the book, so vivid is the interest, so clear the narrative."—Post. " The best novel Mr. Thornbsry has written."—Mes -- The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday, at Radley's Hotel, New Bridge-street—Mr. Wood house in the chair. senger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The CHAIRMAN proposed that the number of directors should be reduced to seven, which, after some discussion, was agreed to, and Messrs. J. 0. Woodhonse, W. Henry, J. L. Carroll, E. Parker, S. H. Bunbury, J. W. Johns, and T. Overend were elected directors, and Messrs. Moore and Figgins were appointed auditors. After some observations on the promising nature of the undertaking, the meeting separated. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA. B. EDWAItDS. " This story is uniformly alluring and interest;ng. Miss Edwards possesses many of the finest attributes which dis tinguished Charlotte Bronte. She has the strength without the rudeness which marked that memorable book, ' Jane Eyre.' She has richness and originality of fancy, and fine artistic taste, beyond those of Miss Brontd."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. rilOp RSONS S7t 7 EKING LANDED )'llR};,i.':fi,‘"ES, TOWN AINTD -4 COUNTRY RESIDENCE Pitop4,ll) AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND To iIE "ES G ENERALLY— thron„ ITAD GRA.TIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls No. 67,'A11t the kin,gdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, , 'Plt4 EP aneer " ice, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley 's of laude taoPtivry tzcf Err en," containing a varied selection the nob! e,,,,m(,1 house pro perties now in the market, from Cl3t tage I,,T an 8 Mansion. with its manorial domain, to the ow)r,_ 6th its few acref i. brae, brae, or PROPERT7 ES wishing to Sell _or .. l'! e et . 9a: 2i : t in e ; 7totral he 8 11 : : ( 1 ) i rt n, ur , li l t y that lie m;dtilulgir lt propertiesto the I nel l e ey , lee , s, 67, Chancery-lane, () London, as the Messrs. ; , here ib-11, (II most cases introduce immediate customers, od 412 the nropt:rty is of an eligible character, thereby a i teien,„„."lsawrantages of delay and its attenuant invcon otZ• . s i lasee I, i 4 No CRARDE incurred, unless a tenant orpur " 4(1 then ,n tro{lllCed thronzh Messrs.. Lumley's Agency, Atietkr lY the usual moderate commission. • and Laud Offices 67 Chancery-lane, London. *--...„...... , 9 (Lizl3licttritif:tintlid A LONDON to NEW YORK. ~Plend, ,i ) t ,WilE spA m T e, , rican team Navigation Company of the under me ' rri fl fo ct r hey y ort-i:a_st SDtw Steamers Cn o T n W e ICE EACH MON II l: IWp , . ON . Tons. Horse Power. .) 51i,,,.; ....... ,:iOO ,„, „ SUO •-• • • Capt. GLOVER. tkr "STER 2 5 51 lilo. N . . , •••, 00 • • • • • Capt. CotTCH Tv y oit.; ....... .. , 9 0,, ..... 50 0 0 •.• • • Capt. FROUD. T hek, 13` ..... 2 500 500 ..• -• a apt. llAnufs : hip,: ' Magoffieent ' /'- • • unsurpassed by any ocean arch titete'N,; tipiner, and vessels e sse aCco a m re modation for passenge a r r y in 1 . 0 4 t el 11 ; tli,"„el7 conafort. The Line will commence early ' e tli fQ- ''c'ct f lare to be fixed in a iatter announcement. For fr the 'Victoria Docits. 41441 ea,,,1411, a n dassane apply to the Company's Agents, 1 --'IIIR C0.,870, Cornhill. 11°V.thENT - CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE A SSOCIATION. Tl E stablished 1840. j rhra„, 0 4lis t ailing. ta TRUSTS. Iti . Geo. Prescott, Esq. 4111 ". 13111 ss lialit'e Y , tq Ir .,M .P. .P. 1 Baron m L. de ROthsCh em ila b , e Ni rs •P ot 'YCI kiatiOß now numbers more than 7,030 m ,„ Ms of society. *Lte A, 4 L 5 5 ,000 Tia, hi onal Income exceeds kaitige:ehsted Fund exceeds 220,000 Doliei "4've been added to the participating t _lt en,. ea to the extent of lOO,OOO p ees all the best features of purely Mutual Assur ,, Pti -414 bi• ,Y of Management Pro 'eh ) . of Accounts. • ,tBDI, 41Dtne88 and Liberality in Payment of Claims. folie, •-eitil attenf' Ntr r , by viti_llloll,..h!odire.cted to t_he system of Paid-up 4, Th e tte e 411 ISs is avoided on discontinuing an T•ttlit34rlae ry pared to appoint active and Influential -''' 0 81 -'"' W ne e re the Association is unreprese t ee ll, 15, 3lo orgate-street, E.C. 4411ar Y 1 1864 W3l. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. t , L i , . Wl l4,rote - ,,,52 G Y.--King's College, L b o y n a ße n v.. — T T. 434 Oz,(IIIIItI;IrENNA.NT, F.G.S;,, KS K s of LECTURES _a_ssited l',44clo,tr.loryflon..verrill g4(eEaeCo?ougs, from W4' 7A11441 Le ct n ur e e sd ,Tanu v ary 20Nol)eo9n a EigliA n to o sl e rl o will be iven on 6341416:41aipidY'iI7'310DrnEP.,C;. " kli-..ry 2 7th, May. and will b :olj e m co li n i t n in e u t e o d T t e o n . 8 13 )1 11- R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. al 'l'eell-"„11, STNNRkTE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL requiring li°ll' 4 °l' ...• 4OENCY OFFICES.—Persons r. Ilt tlA B t° bld7llBelickf Property, or having CHARLES A, ll° . W; .4 BP°Bel of should apply iv l' al ttati fletioneer ' and Valuer, 2 t o o , M Gerrard-street, .ay (~..... 014 f or p ,uvapensatioar: bte.te 1 4 ti e m n i t n s ist o ration, Fire Claims, Rail- ENC Ilected. 1 NT,, 5e,..44/ co . : , 134. WATCHES, adapted . for any climate Chronometer, nlei" l eVer V2'; wholesale and sN,)lo'.alltr,;,..° zontal, vertical, repeating, reta hronograph watches, ll centre seconds, _ kt.,9 to tb"rnica, r eversible, and c c(l,,aTsAtilte7 gaineas each. . J , I 1 Den f P'roPhlet and price list Atli n, tt iv r ee for two stamps. of every description nufac 14Yekk in P,P' '. : l _, , ...1)3, special__ warrant of appointment watch 1' - akiaa,i'l',.',o I LA.II. the ['rine:. of Wales. Ma ~ , Ludgate -hill, E.C. 4 v , b, i.ch 4l D,', I N T A.GE WINE COMPANY `l4h:'''irthle'v'ehr? description at a small advanceonwholesale 'flit . 1, Y of Wines and Spirits. Terms, 711tVINTAGEIIIT COMIDA SHERRY .. at 18s. per doz. Tpt ~,„it Vr,,,,E CIIAMPAGNE• . „ 275. „ '‘lf '4I.I!AG. ' ~ ~ 11S. ~ 14, pt.N.,r4 CLARET ........ .... Veal an., E PORT from 20s. ~ he Vint;;! Clericil T estimonials, together with2theill , u_s; e e 0 •••e Alumnae, containing full detailed Price ,,,,, , , , 4 aPPlitation. 44,11/00,!our Dozen Wine sent Carriage Free. 10,Y-street, 4 doors south of elv Oxford -street. t 101,1,, `1,`,44N1) PITMAN'S pIIoNOGRA r,. —mte TticHEß,' 6d, ; f by post, 7 d- N4°lll llA-,-, D --.,1.1) IT' 1' AN'S '`--.. - lII° 11,A ? , n ," A •„- - 6 -- 6d. 4 --------_____-___-- - ... Free by pOS • PHONOGRA -0 R ,/, ~ t l,)A G Iti nv"" N D "PITMAN'S PHONO NP, t - .4 . r p l 'it- -.. I A . • oly efficient -probably iand --,,cier ,drins an exceedin, Rik 4,.. - system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir 11 l' 11°4 l' • Pitman , 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. w "---„,............. ,...............„ .1:4 , 1 1 . , 'S BALSAM of ANISEED, 1.-Ne 11(31. etht,ll S , FIORTNESS of 1 13 / ; 01.5 ,,d by --e.,A'r 11, INFLUENZA, &c.. 4'l `he fists' at Is. lid. 2s. 3d., and lls. per ot e. I P 1 11% R l _,. TlttollaZelet,N,,abl-e411,4"PL1) MEET THE EYE of any eu'lr AQ' take y.",,h Wi d in the Stomach, Indigestion, or -an ,--d-avia - ' , GX n • WIND PILLS. taat i o - •'.lei n a cel et , WOO DCOC K S Sterling merit. 1411 ' l. 14 er A Y 44 14 41 12 Proves them of b __ , or ree y 11. Stallms ,rani 4 I id. ".n. Chemist - p,,,, e a Woodcock, 11 1 '..88/1 8. tXecut 1301 l Iv4e,''t,,lllarkee,C.,oll3.tts, JACKSON, AND CO. t the *ell: ter 13"ne gilap - ''ONS on all races through d o o u n and Park 4111 r, 1,,,,-.4titeed. Remittances. k• .11 e. Ad •B, Po ‘'''t-bffize Orders payable L a j t n Camber- I. dren s __ t is Oh th e w en, Ceo•_Ori, met , aterloo Cup. 'Ke•st ik s .. reet • e ox, Man of the World" Wine 1 1AUT arbe rvvell-park, London. a IPUL e tAsh,,, 1 1 ( 1 11), e k WOM EN.—Alabaster Powder, tr ',Fiti,7 Moon, ' 49 neth, b . tQls' kid •-" ATabi - ...ock Dew Water from Sahara. ir- Vl,i, am lohnit„,,aa Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These . I ' pith, eeinpie.‘,',e toilet preparations render the hair, ittl e , l• .e sli' e a t Slae aro t°ll be qutiful beyond comparison.- Can be Ll}, co can be etitetiEL•s• 47 A• New Bond-street, I.‘ tlAdentime.°llBlllted daily. All communications are its h 1 2 t , PA v AN, lt,R I ) A L —INTERNATIONAL `'IS T -,i-1/IBITION, 1862. , Irerr, 4.0, th e , -- ..n dr CO., Wax Chandlers, ,fie,, .fze.• L 'ti i ,, , e 'otaters and the Prince of Wales. tt1 t ,!14 4 2 . 0r n , .14 (Established 17?0.) 'lllii q'h 1 6 - '1 ) 0n on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, P I A 0. 4t4re: eXeellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' 'tit' 4 411 ) \t, 4er ~5 4 . 1 11811 , 1 ' 'AV -m4 eo, " l gratary, in a lette r a dd ressed to Francis k,,''';.,,1. the s u bj ect of 'tn,4, b-lup e ULE S with PLATTED W ICKS, , neh A ''' Yo h ' °ll llcl n. says :- 10i -4 11 1 'ay, the fully equal to the recommendation t) l l ,, et en„ to thtbem, and can sincerely, in my turn,7 corn tlnctillality , e , c largY for the n,',ie of the altar." Ct)t,.‘ , t,' tlliatit:ith Platted Wicks, patented.. d. per lb. s h _t't & Il i , .. .• • • • • , , od. per lb. t2IY4, rlity CA.NDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. , I „.. c ittallt y • ' .. , . .. .. .. Is. sd. per lb. ,m,tuality 1s 3d per lb. •• • • - - • • .. * 1 R paid Ill ' i,„„ • • • • • .. .. ls. ld. per b. -0 0 , 14 , 1 4 , - ".aon on Orders of Five Pounds in value. o t o ,. Pil e 1 -• 4 1 "-NCIS TUCKER AND CO., ‘ 4 4'. IZi,Street. Grosvenor-square. Manufactory k. t 1:,„ .44°,10n (Established 1730). N\., of Vir'n,l,lBl`.tre.int in England for the Manufacture a 41 , 4 ,N w ,andles for the use of the Altar. , b 4 Y ,tis n %t 141 e . °RSD ELL'S PlLLS.—These Pills n t i l l , , h t - b ' A l2y :4Z Vee:etable preparation, and may be taken 'all 4t ic, - "vela ,her sex fear or danger. They act tgtteZliNtlliel ,Dhlildly ywellectually, and by their fine tonic, l a l e4l l len ° ll l , ree,ll,nt Properties, they remove all cppressiye th 'lsh t ea, %ye innate the secretions of the liver and bowels,many 41, 1 ' 4 iit zt 'aenlY, do °I ,, WI, and purify the blood. Unlike ma ta y . , I)1011, pty not induce liability to take cold or es u l 'll4l 1 . 1 " ,.. the habitual use of purgatives, and are b." 4 4, 1 • -'4llllended as the BEST FAMILY vt.t/ i iN 1, 1 4 , 1 0 'Dot p, ,, 0 4 :., t z by John Kaye, E8(1•• of Prospect I Hall, sad ~1', . .' ~ ‘i;:ltie, Sold by all chemists and other dealers I l ' 4 44 1 ,4 t in lid, 2s 9d, and 4s 6d. Wholesale 1, tre e ,, London. ~,l (lk nw t he LLk -Mlii..4'illg• dry INVENTION in Aa 4 ; i 1, ) tzton o fARTIFICIAL TEETH has the oi:erfeel ei„,eR,A set or teeth, of excellent work 1 11i,,k I.!izt a a ctor:l l ' B m, can be made and fitted with the kb - 4 14 ,ca - etio n -,,-,, Y and success, in a few hours, withou nfthi ,[14,4 4 11 a„, - `',,' s tamps, aud to answer all the purposes ILl c ii' ,hnt"`aiti",4 articulation They are fitted without ar t it t)e/learerY -ar'eannladapt themselves so perfectly to the ... p t tt Re te . Itreiiriee immoveable, except at the option 1 1 7n i tin gti eth to 'Lida or residents in the country can ad- I s l a tiklki ~t. roany changes of the molath without the b,..,:i,t,.,ti0-.01.114),. litet' aci.llai ..+ll last'sY are not " ble to injury, are always m sotla Comfort guaranteed. Trea- I .Re cif aPeel r• BakeliPsellater, &c. free for 7 stamps. ga t ,. ad. stre kens and c onsuitatiotis'lree.- B,Grosvennr et' W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir :tli N. R . `l l lll , ,,'l4 l , n r l =t 3 ,, At i , teMt EDICAL BILL.—The Medicos 4 1 1 % 7 , 4 tee s ~ , ore Parliame-Pay pay ! ! pa! t t aln ti t Ns% actk en ' te phi oh i t oh! !! Who cans for these 4 1t „ka dad th ,• IN it the people ? No. but the .I.'.ct •; e adyi,.. e n' " Guinea Trade" in danger. Parlia e, tt l e e , t,i,e;J;ell bamboozled enough by medical priest teiriNlitlttlit 11..1?al In r 4 l r.e . Juntry is not (unwittinl placed k e,p!,ipetaTen,lll7etti3to:l;txvorhr,ii•peo4le , C vi o ll r have_ t Court of Queen's L'te.,•Nli Loo 'he Tideelared that it cannot e interfere with the Ott 'itj,cialapegitiCa,,l Council." Here's a pretty state of '&4,111%4 'ilbitt„;.,':!?leagesiliaf Townley -Hall v. Sernp t r 4%44 b ay, drifting towavredfs°ar Tgritrq;isigion ! 1.04 1 1 by ; he e have done our duty. 411 di nla, ter „British College of Health, Euston -road. t he qaasen prime Society of Ifygeists, who contend that litibi2od a q oc,eed from one cause-viz., impurity of 4 1lot„ claim the " Medical Liberty of the lin,r7o,44.67.l4oratuteiohe zry reason that they do not use 1 , 'lt'll th 4• 11.. Rt triAt he ti HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, VI N I , titi, ring' vicinity of the Great Northern Ran iTt'stb,(4l-•-.14,. n g a-des 'Pei 5ati...,..` Pdost Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. l ' t tL tils R aYal gin. 1,, , Ill s ,_ „hness the Prince of WA LE 4,K.G 11)1,1e l'ress_.race the Duke of BUCCLEUCII K.G. •iii,;4l,hrieree.• "et--Edward Maaterman, Esq. L ' t -l t si4ll,nl' 41 ' 4 nt'ent 4 1p,Nt 4 I,'„ the c o , , . appeals the sick poor for ad- IV na,he o,Vaane• as to entt the bounty of the 4t,,t Dirtitt,t_,Dmienz the medical officers are daily oblig,ed Illine,' land s " t •i;' taany dlstressing cises which. with t o 4 1 „, 01 th e ' n . eY Would gladly admit into the wards. t h 4,tio n -..ospital are Capable of containing 500 1;•t„lty o c tal i,, ~,, tc).ht4e.t.44ltrib,tiv,,L endowed, but is wholly dependent on 1., ; lis, (it, - Eu,,,,," r t ia and legacies, which are received by , t4 D 4 ai i , o outts an d a.a, ernian, Esq. Nicholas-lane; also t li l V kld(. , huil,l Co.; Drummond ;and Co. ; Co. and tiq4lit h• N,, ) ,,• b . °. (3,, 3 ,.„`-' O . ; Prescott, Grote. and Co.; Smith, )4'414, ( 3, ' n iacin " and Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay t040,0p d Co.;AV aliams, Deacon, and Co. ; .in,. e, . , . 4t A y ~ and. - • , Nisbet and Co., Berners-street &N A lo titiliV'ned and Co., Liverpool ; and at 141.NFOUI) S. SUITE S ecretary. 11, Now ready, in 2 vol 8., post Bvo., MEADOW,LEIGH. A NOVEL. By the Author of "The Ladies of Bever Hollow." "This story deserves to have more readers than many a more pretentious work. The author possesses a keen appre ciation of all the better phases of human nature and an equally keen sense of humour. The story of the valetudinarian, Vindex,' is deliciously told."—Spectator. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. This day, at all Libraries, in 2 vols., • THE SMUGGLER By GUSTAVE AMIARD. CHIEF. *** "This is decidedly the author's best novel, and it stands alone in the dexterity with which the female charac ters are delineated. Anything more graphic or better sus tained than is the interest in the heroine we have not had before from this writer, and we heartily congratulate him upon the achievement, Every one will be satisfied with this work." London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This Day, in Two Vols., Demy Octavo, 325., FORTY YEARS IN AMERICA. By THOMAS LOW NICHOLS, M.D. "Few men in America have had wider or bet er opportu nities for observing the Life, Progress, and Disruption of a Great Nation than Dr. Nichois has enjoyed for nearly half a century. He has resided in twenty-three States, and is per sonally acquainted parties. From 'with the most influential men of all nn impartial stand-point he sees events clearly, and in these volumes he gives the world the results of Fort— Years of American Life.' " iondon : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. NOTIC E.- MADELEINE GRAHAM, the New Novel of Life and Manners, by the Author of " Wnitefriars," will be ready at all Libraries, in 3 - Vols., on Feb. 1. Price 31s. 6d. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. THE RED BOOK FOR 1861. Just published, thoroughly revised, 55., or, with an ApPcn dix, or Index of Namcs, contained in the volume, 2s. in addition, THE ROYAL KALENDAR and COURT and CITY REGISTER, for England, Scotland, Ire land, and the Colonies, containing an improved and enlarged Peerage and F aronetage The House of Commons, with the latest alterations The Queen's Ministers—The Royal Households—Government Depart ments—Ambassadors. British and Foreign—Navy and Army —Law and Civil Officers—Ecclesiastical Estab•ishments Universities—Literary, Sc'entffic, and Religious _ , ocieties Charitable and Commercial Institutions—Magistrates, Hos pitals, &c.—London: R. and A. Suttaby, 2, Amen-corner, and other proprietors. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Entree, Joint, Sweet. dc., is served daily irons 3 to 9, and on Sundays from 5 to 8 30. Private Rooms for large or small parties, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. T HE OXF ORD, 0 , OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., T EIE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA DEL DESIINO—Verdi; by the fol lowing talented artistes .—Misses Russell. Townley, Fitz- Henry, S's nlmsley, Tyirell, and Ellison; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, licc. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall,W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclaean, George Hutcher son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantat I, entitled "King Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the,eitablishment Director, Mr. P. Jonghmans. CANTERBURY HALL, THE GHOST in the MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans formation Scenes cf the Season—one of the most beautiful effects ever produced. The scene, " The Tempest ;" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The flight of Ariel through the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public Press. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Estab ishmant as usual. Including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the great Stump Orator), Eugene, W. Randall, a Ilutchenson, J. Jester, T. Maclagan, &o. Admission, Bd.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- Another GRAND CHANGE of PERFORMANCES. —FRANCO SI'S CIRQUE IMPERIAL still continues to attract most fashionable and crowded houses.—First week of the , asters Irma and Mathilde Monfroid, the only accom plished female riders in England—Jules Perez, the star rider of the world—J. S. Case on the magic wire —Patterson's troupe of performing Dogs—B. Franconi's wonderful trick horses—Arthur and Bertrand, the unequalled French Clowns —together with the whole of the double company will ap pear at each representation. Illuminated day pert ormances on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at Two o'clock; evenings at half-past Seven. Admission —Private Boxes, 21s. ; itsserved Seats, 3s. ; Stalls, 2s. ; Promenade, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- The wonderful Performing Elephant AJAX on SATURDAY MORNING NEXT, the 23d instant, at Two o'clock, and at each subsequent representation for a limited period. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street —Great Treat for the Juveniles during the Holidays.—The series of Models of the Kings of England, from the Conqueror to that of her present Majesty, attired in the magnificent costumes of their respective periods, is now near y complete ; and in the Chamber of Physiognomy are several new additions. Admission, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE. —M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued at the above elegant rooms. Admission le. Con ductor— M. JUL LIEN. Solo Performers—Messrs. Moses, Tyler, Horton, Snelling, Progratski, Brlcenney, Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past. Manager, M. GRENET. THE EMBARRASSED in Town and Country should read " THE PLAIN GUIDE TO BANK RUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS," showing what can be legally dyne, and the exact cost. To be had gratis and post free of Mr. Wetherfield, Solicitor of the Court, 25, Moorgate. street, Bank. N.B. —Debts recovered on commission, without law ex penses to clients. (IRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, ~ eautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Alajesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonnon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CIIOLOGY. and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANL at 149, Strand, W.C. JA.AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM. — AN _ILA EFFECTUAL TIEMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting . the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient CO7i sunaption. It freq uen tly cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which Provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects an truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lyin , 4 - down for fear of sufLfcat i on , may dep end on relief fri , a few minutes after taking. it. Prepared on,y and sold by 'IN. LAMBERT, Chemist. S, King-William-street, Charing cross, London, and by a ll drugg•sts, in bottles, 1.3 d., and three quantities in one, 2s. id. each. Be particular- and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address ae. engraved on the stamp. There is still a " downwtrd tendency" in affairs here, and during the past week there has been a very serious increase in the distress. At present there are about 1,000 more per sons in the receipt of relief, either charitable or parochial, than last week. A great increase is apprehended this week. A few of the mills in the town have extended their hours of labour, but for every move in this direotion there are two in a contrary way. Manufacturers appear to be in a " fix ;" they want to open their mills fully, but dare not; prices are irregular and dangerous; stocks rise and fall, and continu ously fluctuate in quantity, quality, and value ; the basis of operation is superficial ; and until prospects become clearer and cotton cheaper, better, fuller in supply, and less sub jected to the whims of speculators, no practical amelioration will ensue in the condition of the operatives. Just now cotton buying, and selling, and manufacturing seem to con stitute a game rather than a trade. In Preston there are 28 mills entirely closed, and 11,299 operatives totally out of work. The number working full time is 9,119 ; the number employed short time 7,006. In the whole union of Preston there are 5,344 cases of pauperistu,,inclucling 14,367 persons, whose weekly relief costs upwards of £9OO, This week as compared with last there has been an increase of 152 eases, 420 persons, and nearly £3O in expenditure. In the town of Preston alone the aggregate number of parochial cases is 4,323, comprising 11,685 persons, whose weekly relief costs over £750. Of the increase above named 144 of the cases and 392 of the persons live in Preston. The guardians have 2,144 ablebodied men and women in their employ. To .day the guardians will make application to the Poor-law Board to borrow another sum of money to meet the expenditure of the union in excess of the amount raised by the rates. The local relief committee have at present on their books 3,912 cases, comprising 14,024 persons. As compared with last week, these figures show an increase of 130 oases and 478 persons. In the town of Preston the number of persons relieved by the charitable committee and the guardians is nearly 26,000. Last year at this time the number was about 50,000. Active preparations are being made for improving and beautifying some of the public parks under the Public Works Act, but it is feared that much of the labour re quired will bo too fine, too ela9orate for such unskilled la bourers as the operatives—and yet before the end many operatives may be brought into requisition. They appear to be very willing to learn, and many of them speedily initiate themselves into all the mysteries of spade and barrack work. In Preston there are hundreds of operatives who are now capable of competing with some of the very best la bourers in the country, and they have improved themselves in manual and muscular dexterity to such an extent and " acclimatised" themselves so rapidly to the duties of out door labourers that those who had no knowledge of their antecedents would be decidedly of opinion that they had been "brought up" to such like work, and had never touched a loom or a spindle in their lives. A circular has just been issued by the Preston Weavers Association, which shows what the operatives of the town in connection with the body named think of affairs gene rally, past, present, and prospective. The circular says : " We are emerging from a calamity such as the world never witnessed, and we hope will never witness again— and we rejoice to know, that, as a body, we have borne the affliction without any external aid from any quarter, and have stood together through the dire calamity with a for titude and patience that shows the value we set on our trade union; but we have, for soma time back, seen a ray of hope, and that ray is gradually expanding, and ere long will, no doubt, shine conspicuously. We have had this de pression in our trade to contend with now some three years, and we find that some of our employers have taken advantage of that depression to lower our wages, and we think the time is fast coming when we shall be enabled to bring those employers up to the standard list of prices, which list has been adhered to by the general body of masters faithfully ; but we cannot command lan guage strong enough to designate the conduct of those em ployers who took advantage of us in our hour of need to en • rich themselves out of our humble means, thereby enabling them to sell their productions at a less price than their neighbour who scorned their example. All honour then to those employers, and when trade resumes its wonted pro gress, our intercourse with them will be the better in conse quence. We have lately seen some encouraging statistics ' issued by several eminent firms in the cotton trade, all pre dicting an improvement in our trade, and this, coupled with the fact that large numbers of our body have emigrated —some across the Atlantic, others to the antipodes, and it is well known to all that there have not been many taught the last three years. These three causes combined must soon make themselves felt in our department, and will tend materially to prevent the recurrence of such a calamity as the one through which we hope we have nearly passed. We have had an Emigration Society at our institution for some time, but we are sorry that it has not had t hat mea sure of support we anticipated it would have received; but when we reflect on the difficulties of your position, the won der is that you have been enabled with your scanty means to exist at all, but we have it in contemplation to commence collecting weekly, and thereby enabling us to use our sur plus money, to remove such of our members to other lands as should desire it, thereby benefiting both themselves and us by making them customers for cloth instead of producers, and also by lessening the labour in the market, enabling us to avoid the necessity of resorting to strikes in future ; we therefore hope that you will coincide with us in this matter and pay the subscription cheerfully and willingly, and we have no doubt it will repay you a thousandfold." BLACKBURN. The groat decrease of employment in the cotton manufac, tories during the past fortnight is now being sorely felt. During last Thursday and Friday no fewer than 300 appli cations were made to the Relief Committee by persons whose families numbered 1,500 souls. The ablebodied in 90 cases, chiefly heads of families, were put to outdoor work on private contracts, and the rest had general relief administered to them. In this way the number of persons employed by the Labour Committee and the corporation on private contracts and on public works under the now Act has been augmented to nearly 1,200, little more than one third of whom are engaged by the corporation. The great bulk are employed on private contracts and in improve. ments in the parks by the Labour Committee, the funds of which are provided by the Relief Committee and the Board of Guardians. The great depression of trade has been felt throughout the union, and considerably increased the demands upon the public rates. In the Blackburn relief district there has been an increase of 595 recipients of parochical relief during last week, 4,956 persons having been relieved with £264 4s 63, against 4,E61 persons with £221 15s in the preceding week. In the union the entire number of persons to whom parochial relief was administered was 6,768 at a cost of £3712s 4d, against 6,236 persons with L'324 2s in the past week, and 9,951 persons, with £617 9s 4d, in the corresponding week of 1863. Of those re lieved, 1,022 belonging to the Oswaldtwisle district received £65 is 7d, and 790 belonging to the Darwen district re ceived £ll 16s 3d. Taken collectively, it will be observed that last week the increase of recipients of relief in the Blackburn district only was quite 2,000 persons, or con- siderably more than the increase of the previous month It is also to be deplored that the condition of the cotton trade renders it almost certain that a large decrease of work will ensue this week in this district, especially in the weav ing departments of the extensive cotton manufactories of Blackburn and the surrounding manufacturing townships. WOODEN PAPER.—M. Barboux, a manufacturer of Poitiers, is said to have made a discovery which will effect a revolution in the manufacture of paper. He has succeeded in manufacturing paper from various descrip tions of timber, such as oak, walnut, pine, and chestnut. and from vegetables, and without the addition of rags. Samples of various descriptions of paper are exhibited at the office of the Journal des invenleurs. M. Bardoux asserts that his invention will cause a reduction of from 60 to 80 per cent. in the price of paper. ADVERTISEMENT.]—Avoid medicines: they always aggra vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's Delicious Health Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, invariably cares them, restoring perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. We extract a few out of 60,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de B e r a e r h s a , n d , Paris, of a Aver complaint, wasti ng away f or seven y with a nervous p a lpit a ti on all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, the most intolerable nervous agitation, and dreadfully low spirited.—Cure No. 1,771. 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Mr. Philip Thornton, assist, master shipwright at Wool wich dockyard, was yesterday appointed by the Admiralty acting master shipwright of Chatham yard, in the position recently occupied by Mr. Oliver Lang, who is about to retire from service on account of ill-health. In selecting Mr. Thornton the fill the post their choimhaa fallen on one of the most experienced - iron shipbuilders in the service. Ho was selected about 20 years ago, and was employed in visiting the principal iron shipbuilding yards in the kingdom with a view to the information he could obtain becoming useful to the Royal Navy. Mr. Thornton's appointment augurs well for the service, as, in addition to his beingthe senior of his grade, he is a member of council, of the Institution of Naval Architects. His promotion has given general satis faction. In accordance with instructions from the Admiralty, and at the request of the Chief Constructor of the Navy, one of the officials from the establishment of Messrs. Penn and Sons, who have been selected to manufacture the engines for the iron frigate Bellerophon, has been directed to pro ceed to Chatham dockyard for the purpose of making him self thoroughly acquainted with the new and simplified sys tem of construction intended to be employed in the hull of that vessel. This arrangement has been cJnsidered neces sary in order that the massive iron bearers, &c., for the boilers, engines, screw shaft, and other portions of the machinery may be incorporated in the hull of the frigate, instead of being placed in the ship independently, and with out reference to the frigate's frames, as is the case with the Achilles and the iron frigates hitherto built. By this arrangement, not only will the strength and rigidity of the Bellerophon be very considerably increased, but the expen diture in alterations and fittings for the machinery will be greatly reduced. It is calculated that the saving will be at least 100 tons of iron, costing not less than £2,000, in addi tion to an equal sum for labour. The only surprise ap pears to be that a similar arrangement has not been adopted in the iron vessels hitherto built. The following appointmenis were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. T. Yeatman to the I;uke of Wel lington—Lieut. Spencer M. Wilson to the St. Vincent— Lieut. Adolphus F. M. Meyer to the Impregnable—John W. H. Harvey, master, to the Gibraltar—Edwin Fenn, assist.surg.; to the Victory—Andrew J. De Vismes, Geo. F. Clark, and Marshall Little, master's assistants, to the Hector—Albert Giles, F. C. L. Neville, and George W. Henderson, master's assistants, to the Prince Consort. Three of the old cast-iron guns strengthened on the prin ciple of steel and iron tubes have been tested at the proof butt in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, with much success. The bore of the gun was enlarged so as to admit an inner tube of 2iin thick throughout, constituting the increased strength. The first gun tested contained a wrought-iron tube, and withstood 100 rounds. The charge consisted of 281 b of powder and a cylinder, commencing. at 601 b weight and increasing at each round. As it was intended to prove the guns, to use the technical expression, " to destruction," the trial was ordered to be resumed and the charge in creased. The gun was destroyed on the second day at the third round. The second gun contained a steel tube within one of wrought-iron. This gun burst into fragments at the first round. The third gun was strengthened with a wrought-iron tube only, and discharged 80 rounds without showing any indications of giving way. It burst at the 81st round. The trials were witnessed with much interest, as they tend to prove the great advantage of the principle by which an enormous increase of strength is added to the old cast-iron guns of which the Government have an immense supply now lying useless. A seven-inch cupola gun, rilid on Sir Wm. Armstrong's shunt system, and manufactured upon an improved prin ciple proposed by Mr. Anderson, Assistant -Superinten dent of the Royal gun factories at Woolwich, has been completed, ands ill be shortly transported to her Majesty's gunnery ship Excellent to be tested against the 100. pounder smooth-bore gun. The same species of shot— namely, 100 pounds each—will be fired from both guns. By the appointment of Major-Gen. It. Low, K.H., to the colonelcy of the 98th Regiment, a pension for distinguished or meritorious service is placed at the disposal of his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding .in-Chief. Suspected Poisoning in the West of England, On Saturday an inquiry took place at Crotch's White Hart Hotel, Hayle, information having been laid against Richard Oke Millett, surgeon, of Penpol, near Hayle, charging him with having administered poison to his bro ther, Jacob C. Millett, with intent to cause his death. The accused was present, and Mr. Downing, of Redruth, ap peared on his behalf. Mr, Roscarlo, of Penzance, prose cuted. The main facts of the case, as far as they have yet been elicited, are these : It appears that Jacob Curnow Millett, an elderly man, had been living with his brother (the accused) at Penpol, in the parish of Phillack. For nearly a month prior to his decease ho had been suffering from a cold. His brother had recommended him to stay at home, but on one or two evenings he went out to go to dturn chapel. On Christmas - eve the servant noticed that his cough was worse than usual, and on the morning of the 30th ult., in answer to her inqury, he said that ho felt very poorly. Dinner on that d ay was served up at two o'clock, and consisted of roast beef, garnished with horse-radish, Those who sat at the table potatoes, wee y the deceased,sa vos an , the accused , iPa and Miss Davey, and her nephew, Master Rawlins, who, were on a visit to the house. The deceased is stated to have eaten with unusual hearti ness, partaking of the beef and vegetables, and ale, and also eating apples. At the conclusion of thn the repast oe bakedth t he deceased and deee fouraeed rawß e nt upstairs to his bedroom. The accused and Miss Davey afterwards went to the apple chamber, a few minutes' walk fram the house, and Master R o a f w n n Purpose, it is supposed, of g ho m e. left appears, had been in the going i e. the The house deceased , it habit of going to his bedroom for an hour every day after dinner, day in in question, a f ter rema i n i ng th er e about hie and on usua l time,a d called the servant to get hi m hi s the hat and coat, stating that he wanted to go out. The servant supplied him with these things, and had returned to the kit chen, when he again called to her, and t o ld h er to b r i ng h i m a glass of cold water, complaining of thirst, as he had also done in an earlier part of the day. She took him a tumbler of water immediately, which he drank, and she then continued her work. She afterwards found that th e d ecease d h a d not left the house, but wa s standing in the drawing-room, rubbing his forehead with his hand, whi c h was a common practice with him. She asked him what was the matter, and he said he did not fee l well, and t hat he had a pain in his stomach. The servant then went to the apple chamber, and called her master, and he came into the hou se . By hi s advice a glass of brandy was given to th e d eceased, and the accused returned to the apple chamber. The deceased said he thought he would gas out for a walk, but a ft er some per suasion from the servant he remained at home, and asked for a glass of whisky, which he drank. The deceased sub sequently became worse, and he was taken up to bed in sensible, where ho vomited several times, and threw up a portion of what he had ea ten for dinner. He died on the following morning. Nothing was administered to him for twelve hours before his dea th. An inquest was held on the body, and the jury returne d a verdict that the deceased died from natural causes. Since the body was interred a suspi cion has arisen that the deceased had been poisoned. Upon the information of Mr. William Millett of Hayle, brother of the deceased, and Mr. Frederick Edmonds, M.R.C,L,S., the Home Secretary, Sir George Grey, gave an or d er f or the exhumation of the body . This was done on Wednesday last, and certain portions of the body were rent for analysis to a medical man. The result of his examination, communi cated by telegraph, was the issue of a warrant on Friday last by the Rev. Uriah Tonkin, county magistrate, and the same evening the accused was arrested at his residence. The in quiry, which is exciting the utmost interest in the neigh bourhood, was adjourned till Thursday next, the magis trates declining to accept bail for the appearancs of the ac cused. A portion of the cross•examination seems to point to a suspicion of the use of strychnine. There are rumours concerning the recent making of a will by the deceased, under which the accused would benefit, and that there had been unkindness on the part of the latter towards the de ceased. The deceased, Air. Jacob Curnow Millett, and the prisoner, his brother, were in very easy circumstances ; the former had al wa y s li ve d on his means, and the latter had given up, or all but given up, his practice as a medical man in Hayle. Deceased was about 50, and the prisoner about 48 years of age.--IVestern Norntng .Netvs, ERIE. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the month of Dec. amounted to 1,044,214 dols, and for the same month in 1862 to 963,859 dols, sho wing an increase of 80,355 dole. It appears that the directors have decided on paying a divi dend for the half-year ending the 31st December last at the rate of 8 per cent. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The loss on exchange by the conversion of American money received for the carriage of through traffic on this company's line from the commencement of the current half year to the 9th inst. amounted to the sum of £29,460 13s 6d, and at that date there was a further sum of American funds still remaining to be converted of 110,510 dols 53c. The receipts on the line far the week ending the Bth inst. amounted to £8,541, against £13,135 for the corresponding week last year, showing a decrease of £4,591, in cense: quence of the traffic having been interrupted by snow and extremely severe weather. DETROIT AND MILWAUKEE. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the week ending the 7th inst. amounted to £2,537, and for the cor responding week of last year to £3,659, showing a decrease of £1,122. Very severe storms stopped the traffic for several days, as the steam ferry in connection with the American railways could not Cross the Niagara. PUNJAUB. The recent inspection of the Mooltan section of this com pany's line is reported as having been most satisfactory. Trains had passed over 101 miles of it, The sleepers and ballast were being supplied abundantly, and the entire line from Lahore to Mooltan, 220 miles in length, was expected to be opened by the end of 1864. It was also stated that a considerable seam of coal, believed to be of good quality, had been discovered at Pindadan Khan, about seven miles from the banks of the Jhelum. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the standing orders of both Houses of Parlia ment were declared to have been duly complied with in the following cases : _ _ _ London and North-Western—To enable the company to afford increased facilities for traffic between England and Ireland, and to make arrangements for the transmission and interchange of traffic between the ports of Dublin, Kings town, Dundalk, Greenore, Carlingford Bay, Liverpool, and Holyhead. South-Eastern—For three branch extensions to Addis combe-road, Croydon to Caterham, and toWesterham, with power to rzise £lBO,OOO by new shares, and to borrow £60,000. Metropolitan Grand Union—For the construction of 17 short railways to connect the main trunk railways in and near the metropolis. rendring Hundred—To alter the line to Walton in Essex. _ _ Edgware, Highgate, and London—For an extension of the line to the Alexandra-park, to raise £96,000, and to borrow £32,000. _ _ Bedford and Cambridge—To rase an additional sum of £50,000, by new shares. South Cheshire—For the c)nstruction of a railway from the Rossett station to Whitchurch; capital £200,000, and loan £66,000. Blackpool and Fleetwood—For a railway between these places; capital £BO,OOO, loan £26,600. London and South-Western—Kensington, &c., Eaton• sion. Among the cases of non-compliance with the standing orders were the Metropolitan District—For the construction of a main inner and a main outer system of railways within and around the metropolis ; proposed capital £8,000,000, loan £2,000,000 The ground of non-compliance was merely the non deposit of the plans with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Surrey until two days after the specified time. Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction—For new railways in the counties of Stafford, Salop, and Chester, to raise £500,000 and borrow £166,000. The grounds of non-com pliance were inaccuracies in the books of reference. The other cases of non-compliance upon other points in cluded the Daventry, Severn Valley, Wilmington and Drayton, and Neath and Brecon (Extension to Central Wales Railway). AN IRISH ROMANCE. The Cork Examiner vouches for the truth of the following bit of romance in real life :—On Tuesday week one of the largest audiences ever assembled in Cork Theatre was attracted to it by the promised attendance at the performance of the fox-hunters of the south of Ireland in fall hunting costume. Con nected with this incident is a story which contains a strong spice of romance. A gentleman residing in Cork, of considerable eminence in the scientific world, as well as distinguished in the hunting field and in social circles, was recently at a ball near Queenstown, at which a young lady of great beauty was present. In the course of the evening the gen tleman, who had been but a short time previously introduced to the lady, managed to monopolise her conversation so much as to excite some little annoy ance among various other gentlemen present. Among these were two English offizers, one of whom in the course of the evening made a remark to the Irish gentleman, which, by implication, meant that he would not be as successful in more manly contests. The Irish gentleman at once accepted the implied challenge, and said that it the lady would give him her bracelet to wear as a gage at the next day's hunt, which was to come off near Fermoy, he would undertake to come in at the finish before either of the two officers, and would then write a song to be dedicated to the lady, and in her praise, which he would get set to music, and afterwards have sung befere one of the largest audiences ever assembled in the Cork Theatre. The wager was at once ac cepted, £2O being the sum staked. The lady with much spirit gave her bracelet, the hunt came off, the gentleman wore it, and rode in triumphantly at the head of the field. He afterwards did compose the song, and got it set to music, and this was the pretty ballad which Mr. Bowler sang so charmingly after the opera. To secure the large house on that night the patronage of the foxhunters of the south of Ireland was obtained by the gentleman who played such a prominent part in the transaction, and the highly successful result was to be found in the crammed condition of every part of the build ing. The next morning a letter was delivered to the hero of the adventure, containing a check for £2O, from his rival, with whom he had made the bet, who thus acknowledged our countryman's supe riority as a courtier, a cavalier, and a poet. FEDERAL AGENTS IN IRELAND.-A telegram from Queenstown says :—" Several persons, one of them a professional recruiting agent, arrived by the Now York mail steamer on Saturday, and are now in Dublin, with the avowed object of paying the passages of emigrants to New York." Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against Imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all debts and liabilities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solio.tors of the Court of Bankruptcy. Charges under £5 payable by easy instalments. Offices— (established 1830),12, Hatton-garden. City branch-0, Moor gate-street, Bank.—AovT. Herr von Bismark and the Prussian Chamber, The following is the reply of Herr von Bismark to the speech of M. Schulze, in the House of De puties :—" Gentlemen,:—The last speaker has given a new meaning to the London protocol, and draws from that document the right of succession of the house of Augustenburg. The speaker grounds his conclusion on the assumption that the protocol maintains the rights of the Diet, as far as they de pend upon treaties. But that cannot, under any circumstances, be the meaning of the London pro tocol. The principal article of that document, Art. 2, establishes the right of the eucecssion in favour of Christian IX. to all lands under the Danish sceptre. It would have been useless to come to any conclusion had it been intended to annul one para graph by another. The last speaker has reproached us with doing nothing for' Germany.' Gentlemen, there must be a great charm in the word 'Germany' —(very true)—for I see that every one wishes to speak of it, endeavouring to :turn it to advan tage for party purposes. We have seen times when it was German to turn to the Diet for support, and when it was time to pursue a pro gressive policy towards it. You have reproached us with having ignored Germany in order to promote private interests. I can return the same reproach : you ignore Prussia because it suits you to do so—you wish to consider Prussia as a domain of the National Verein, because it suits your interests, The last speaker has brought forward an entirely new phrase—he said that the minor Stites inclined to Prussia for the maintenance of their indepen dence. The history of the last 15 years teachesquite the contrary; the minor States have inclined to Austria since the treaty of Bregeuz, because they considered their independence was more endangered by Prussia than by Austria. We have long had to contend at the Diet against the latter in consequence of the coalition caused by the natural anxiety of the minor States for the sovereignty, and I have myself participated in these contests. A new state of Schles wig-Holstein, such as they wish for, would in a great measure look to us for support, for we should have a country which would be in the same position towards Denmark as a re-established Poland would be towards Prussia. Our object is to live in peace with the Scandinavian States. How are we to attain this object, if it is to be attained, does not depend upon us. The speech of the mover, and the con clusions which he drew from the present state of things, compel me to go further into the discussion than was my intention. We may presume, as we consider the speaker the representative of the ma jority, that you will reject the loan, and that I was deceived in =the confidence that I placed in you. Your principle motive for rejecting the loan is your want of confidence in the present ministry. I have therefore asked myself,' What must we, th7T'rus sian ministers, do to gain your confidence ? It would have to completely ignore the Prussian constitution, the Prussian history, and the feel ing of the Prussian people, by consenting to establish the despotism of this house over Prussia, and sealing the continued depen dence of the crown upon this house by with drawing the counter-signaturesj of the Ministers. You have plainly expressed this in the report, and a previous declaration from me that it was a ques tion of a struggle between the House of Hohen zollern and the House of the Representatives has been confirmed. It is impossible to conduct a calm, orderly discussion with words with which the speakers combat us, for you will admit that that which would be allowable in individual deputies is is not suited to me in this place," The Minister then passed on to different parts of the report of the committee, and said—" At page 7 you make the right of the Crown on war and peace depend upon your vote. At page 8 you express a resolution to force the Government to action. That exceeds your constitutional rights. If anything can wrest the constitution out of the hands of the Crown it is this word. One dares no longer say, I act in the interests of Prussia, and I act as a Prussian. An open avowal of attachment to Prussian interests and Prussian nationality is on your part impossible, and well understood interest is naturally such as you understand it. At page 15 you say that at your bidding the King should carry on a war of conquest in order to win Sleswig for the Duke of Augustenburg. If we wish to gain your confidence we must giae ourselves up to you. What then would the Ministers be other than Parliament Ministers, but with God's help it will not come to that. According to your version of our constitu tion, the King would be a personage with less in fluence over the affairs of Prussia than any influen tial functionary. with whom it is necessary to negotiate in order to obtain a majority. You dis avow our glorious past in not recognising our posi tion; and in placing Prussia under the majority of a Diet, you place party interests above the interests of the country ; you do not feel, and your resolution proves it, for the Prussian people. This is why you wish to express certain suppositions in reference to the condition of the Prussian army, that very thing shows how far you are from the people. If the Prussian people felt as you do, I should have to say that Prussia had outlived herself. But we have not yet come to that. I remind you that Frederick William I. declared that before all he would break the power of the Junkers, and that he would sub stitute in their stead the sovereignty as a rock. This rock, gentlemen, is still in existence, and it forms the basis upon which rests the position of Prussia as a great Power, and that you shall not shake either by your resolution, your votes, or your National Verein. AUSTRIA AND BAVARIA. The following is the precis of a despatch from Baron Schrenck to the Bavarian Minister in Vienna, of the 31st December, 1863, and of Count Rech berg's reply, of the 10th of January, 1864 : " Baron Schrenck commences by saying that as the London Treaty of 1852 is binding neither on the Diet nor Bavaria, in tha opinion of the latter the execution resolved upon against King Frederick VII., as Duke of Holstein and Lauenburg, could after his death no longer be proceeded with, but that those Duchies should be occupied by the Con federation in security of those rights which it is its duty to preserve. He is aware that in the existing state of affairs such a course might lead to a general war ; but the responsibility would not lie with those who in defending these rights are fulfilling a sacred duty, while the chances of such a result are in his opinion, equally entailed if these rights are dis regarded. " Baron Schrenck goes on to say that the obliga tions by which Austria and Prussia are bound by the London Treaty are of a very doubtful nature; firstly, because that Treaty could only acquire the force of law after receiving the hitherto wanting sanction of the nearest heirs, and of the representa tive assemblies of the countries upon which it bears ; and secondly, because the Federal obligations of the two great Powers are anterior to the treaty, and because the conditions under which they entered into the treaty have never been fulfilled by the op posite party. He concludes by hoping that Austria and Prussia, in their own interest and in that of the Confederation, will declare the London Treaty of May, 1852, to be not binding on them, and w ill instruct their representatives at the Diet to effect a quick solution of the question of succession, to which Bavaria considers the claims of the Prince of Angustenburg as grounded on law. " Count Rechberg, in his reply, enters into a lengthy dissertation, to the effect that the Diet has no right of cccupation, and that it is incompetent to pass any resolution in this sense. With regard to the proposal that Austria and Prussia should submit to be out-voted at Frankfort, he allows that the Federal laws admit of no veto on the part of an individual member of the Confederation, and that the Emperor in his scheme of Reform had disconu- S PEI{PA _ re, s t 47N 3 :, 1 71, P<A . 4 % 04 .eaanced any idea of the sort. This &at the presumption that the Di e t s h ou ld • eer ante with treaties, and should not; accord/4g a 4 S might be politically convenient, pass a:7.y resolution without regard to Constitutional law. Supposing, writes Count Rechberg, that in deference to an ex cited public feeling the Diet were to adopt arbitrary measures in regard to Bavaria, that country would surely resist; and she must, therefore, acknowledge that the effect of the vote of the majority must be in some measure restricted, especially when there is a question of imposing a line of conduct upon Aus tria and Prussia which would be in contravention of their obligation as European Powers. " With regard to the succession question, the Diet is perfectly independent of the London Treaty. P.:it Austria and Prussia must demand of it not to treat this question arbitrarily, but' eep strictly within the limits of law and of its competency. King Cerietien IX. did not mount the throne by virtue of tile Lon ,ion Treaty, but of the law of succesEon, made by his predecessor in his capeeity of Kirig of D:olrnerk end of Duke of Holstein and German Prite?, and countersigned by the German and Danish Ministers on the 31st of July, " The Diet never protested against this law, while by its resolution of the 29th of July, 1852, when the London Treaty was already concluded, it ap proved the Danish proclamation of the 28:11 of January of the same year, whicle was to the same purport as this law. It is true the Diet can still exercise its authority against the carrying out of this law as far as it affects Holstein and Lauenburg but it can only do so in a constitutional manner, and it cannot act without affording a proper hearing to all parties concerned. " Count Rechberg continues : " We cannot too deeply regret the opposition made to the Austro..Prussian proposal in the Diet, which goes to the utmost limits eller , "rnoncilable with the defensive character • ,1 institu tions, while those limits are overstepped by the Hessian p.yojente --Article 2 of the Federal Pact,. Articles 35 and 37 of the Final Act of Vienna, for bid the Confederation to occupy a non• German country in order that a Prince who is not yet re cognised as a Federal Prince may possibly at a future period apply to the Confederation to establish his claims on such country. " ' When the Emperor proposed to extend the right of the Diet to make war to cases in which the balance of power in Europe was threatened, his Majesty's fellow-princes rejected the proposal be cause it might have the effect of entangling the Con federation in political complications. And yet the Diet is to be now entitled to assume the offensive for the sake of securing to a Pretender the succession to a country which does not belong to the Confede ration. ‘" Or, on the other hand, is the actual occupation of Holstein—actual in spite of the resolution of the Diet—to be deemed satisfactory (geniigend)? Is Prince Frederick, while hi :case is still pending, and his appearance in Holstein places the conduct of Austria and Prussia in a dubious light, to be allowed to organise his future government under the protection of the Federal troops, with the denger of Europe presently finding Holstein in the pos session of Germany and Schleswig in that of Den mark? Austria and Prussia will take the respcn isbility neither for this nor for a covert conquest of Schleswig, and as they possess full means as great Powers of establishing the rights of Germany in this matter, no choice is left to them but to take the case into their own hands, instead of abiding by Federal resolutions, which are either dilatory in their nature or devoid of constitutional character. "' We will, however, hope as long as possible that our language, which, however serious, is meant to be friendly, will find an echo with our allies, and will deter them from bringing affairs in Germany to a rupture. We hope this especially of the Cabi net of Munich, which has so often shown its wisdom in former complications, and of which the influence would serve to bring other Sates round to the views of Austria and Prussia, and thus prevent a dissolu tion of the unity of Germany on the point at issue. We cannot conclude without expressing our convic tion that this question will be solved with honour or loss to Gertnany according as Geraaany respects or transgresses the bounds within which she is legally restricted.'" "Captain Bowler" and his Friends. A person, calling himself "IV. P. Bawler, late captain and adjutant of the Donegal Militia," was some days ago apprehended in Scotland, under somewhat singular circum stances. He called upon the Marquis of Tweeddale, and set forth a story which will be best gathered frcm the following " memorial to the Duke of Cambridge," which he seems to have carried about with him :—" That your memorialist is the son of an officer of the royal navy, who for conspicuous services was presented with a valu able sword from the Patriotic Fund, and who died of wounds received in the service. That your memorialist, having inherited no means, entered the Royal Artillery, in order to qualify for a commission in the Marine Artil lery, his name being on the list at the time. Your memo rialist did not, however, succeed in that expectation, but influence being made otherwise with Government, he ob tained in 1844 an appointment at the Post•office, Dublin, which he held for 11 years. In January, 1855, ,during the hostilities with Russia, your memorialist was, from his post office appointment, on the strong recommendation of sevt ral general officers of his former regiment, presented by the Earl of St. Germans, who was then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to the adjutancy of the Donegal Regiment of Militia Artillery, Shortly after the corps was embodied, your memorialist was deprived of his commission on the ground of not being qualified to drill the regiment. It would be unbecoming in your memorialist to question the exercise of the power confided in the Lord Lieutenant by the Act 18 Vic. cap. 19—viz., to displace at pleasure any officer of the Irish Militia; and yet he doubts not, had his Excellency been aware that the Civil Service Act would have come into operation during the short time your memorialist officiated as adjutant, he never would have been influenced to remove him. That your memorialist, with a wife and helpless family, being now reduced to a destitute position, and by reason of his age (40) precluded from admission to the Post-office, or from obtaining any other appointment in the civil service, humbly implores your Royal Highness, in consideration of his father's claims, and the loss he has sustained in the present instance, to grant him employment in a military capacity." He further produced a sort of cer tificate to the genuineness of his story, which purported to be signed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Arch bishop of York, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, the Lord Clerk Register, eight judges of the Scottish Court, about 20 peers of the realm, and numerous baronets and M.P.s, By various representations he induced Lord Tweeddale to ape pend his signature to this document, and also obta ned a sum of money from his lordship. Shortly after the marquis had given his money and his testimony, he heard th a t some o f the events in the history of Captain Bowler were not pre soshite ( t he marquis) h a d cert ifi ed, and the captain wasciselyde a p deposited in Haddington G ao l . T he marquis, not de siring that, in the event of the captain getting free, the document should receive further signatures in considera tion of those that we re th ere already, applied, it is said, to the captain for the removal of the name "Tweeddale" from among its distinguished compeers. This request the captain indignantly refused, and the marquis hasp therefore, applied f or an i nter di ct aga i nst hi m , an d also against the Procurator Fiscal of East Lothian, into whose hands th e ca pt a i n an d hi s affairs had fallen, pro hibiting them from p erm itti ng th e d o cument bearing the marquis's signature to pass out of their hands, or obtain any further circulation or popularity. The Scotsman says —" It is understood that, as soon as Capt. Bowler, in the apartments provided him by the public authorities of East Lothian, received notice of this action, he repented of his inveteracy towards the marquis, and deleted the signature of Tweeddale But he was rather late, for not only had the action gone beyond recall, but his detention at Haddington had given an opportunity to some other distinguished friends of his in Shropshire, to a sate place in which region two Salop policeman have in the meanwhile removed him." NORTII-EASTERN RAILWAY.—The recent ixtra ordinary accident near Copmanthorpe, where a train rolled over an embankment, is likely to cost that company some thing in compensation. 'lke most serious case of injury was to Mr. Allen, a commercial traveller for the firm of Ness's. 11. E. and J. Soulby, of Mahon, who, after lying some timo at Leeds, is now able to walk about again, and has returned to Malton, bat is still unable to attend to business. BUNTING ACCIDENT. —During a run with Mr. Johnstone's hounds on Friday, in the neighbour hood of the Dalby Moors, North Riding, a serious accident occurre ito Mr. Parkinson, solic itor, Plekenng• In takin g . a low rail fence, with a considerable drop to lower ground beyond, Mr. Parkinson's horse fell, throwing him violently to the ground, and rendering him senseless. S.veral gentlemen at once dism ounted, and by attention Mr. Parkinson sufficiently recovered to ride home. It is feared, however, that concussion of the brain has occurred, arid on Saturday night Mr. Parkinson's friends gave little hope of life. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOK OF BEAUTY. By Madame RAcnEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d.